Land grabbers murder plumber in Ogun

Suspected land grabbers on Saturday murdered a plumber, Wale Taiwo at Magboro, along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

The hoodlums were said to have stormed an uncompleted building situated close to the Mountain of Fire and Miracles (MFM) prayer ground were the deceased was working and killed him.

It was gathered that the bungalow building belonged to a Vice Principal at Kings College, who allegedly had a disagreement with the land grabbers.

Although the woman was said to have erected the structure in 2013, the land grabbers were said to have stormed the property furious that work was ongoing while the owner was yet to ‘settle’ them.

They allegedly hit the plumber with an iron on his head, killing him on the spot.

According to the deceased’s brother, Muyiwa Taiwo, the hoodlums abandoned their victim in a pool of his blood and fled.

He stated that even the two labourers his brother had contracted to work with him fled the scene, abandoning the victim.

“We believe the incident happened on Saturday because that was the last time he communicated with his wife. They spoke around 8amon Saturday when he wanted to confirm if there was environmental sanitation. It was the sanitation exercise that delayed him, otherwise, he would have left for Lagos that morning.

“We heard that the Omoniles came to the site and they called the owner of the building. It seems the owner did not give them a good reply and they took it out on my brother who was just doing his job.

“They hit him on the head, he fainted and died there. Even the labourers, two Abokis who were working with him fled. We have gone there to remove his car and the car has been moved to the police station. The woman who owns the building did not come but her husband was with us,” said Taiwo.

A source said it was the victim’s family that discovered the body after his wife went to the owner’s college to get the address of the property.

“The deceased and the owner know themselves very well. The deceased used to be a teacher too before he got another job and left. So, it was the woman who contacted him for the plumbing job and while he was at it, the Omoniles killed him.

“His wife came to the college and demanded for the address of the building. She was worried that she has not heard from her husband who was supposed to come back on Saturday. I do not really know if she went there herself or someone else did but that was how he was discovered dead and the police invited,” said the source.

When contacted, the spokesman for the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) incharge of zone II, Muyiwa Adejobi confirmed the murder.

He said: “I can confirm that a plumber was murdered there but I cannot day at the moment if it has to do with land grabbers. But be rest assured that the murderers won’t go unpunished. The AIG, Abdulmajid Ali has vowed to deal with criminals in the zone and this is a capital offence. Investigation is on and the culprits will be fished out and death with.”